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9,815,634 | 1. A method for monitoring the condition of a rip detection insert embedded in a conveyor belt, the rip detection insert having a plurality of rip detection wires comprised of a magnetically permeable material; the method comprising the steps of: inducing a magnetic field within the rip detection wires of the rip detection insert; measuring at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert; monitoring the at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert for changes in the magnetic characteristic; determining the rip detection insert has been damaged when a change in at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert deviates beyond a predetermined threshold for the rip detection insert; and, filtering out a region of the rip detection insert containing the damage to the rip detection insert so as to cause said region of the rip detection insert containing the damage to be ignored in further monitoring of the at least one magnetic characteristic of the rip detection insert. | 28,680 |
8,630,609 | 1. A system, comprising: an input/output (I/O) unit configured to receive data communications from a wireless communications device, the data communications including at least one emergency abbreviated dialing code stored in a memory of the wireless communications device and communicated with the emergency data message indicating that an emergency data message is being communicated; a processing unit in communication with said I/O unit, the processing unit being configured to: | 27,981 |
9,662,842 | 1. A method of forming a composite filler, the method comprising: laying up a flat multi-ply layer of composite material on a forming tool; forming a bend in the layer by pressing the layer into a gap of the forming tool using a die punch, the bent layer having first and second tapered sides converging at an apex of the bent layer; laying up a plurality of strips of composite material to form a laminate stack having first and second tapered edges converging at an apex of the laminate stack, the strips each increasing in width from the stack apex to a base of the stack and extending flat from the first to the second edges; and forming the composite filler by assembling the laminate stack against an inner surface of the bent layer, with the first edge, apex, and second edge of the assembled stack contacting an inner surface of the first side, apex, and second side of the bent layer, respectively. | 4,403 |
9,496,878 | 1. A phase-locked loop circuit, comprising: a phase detection unit configured to compare a phase of a feedback clock with a phase of an input clock; a clock generation unit configured to generate a first clock by adjusting a frequency of the feedback clock or the input clock based on a result of the comparison of the phase detection unit; a first division unit configured to receive the first clock from the clock generation unit, generate an output clock of the phase-locked loop circuit by dividing the first clock at a first division ratio in test mode or by dividing the first clock at a second division ratio that is lower than the first division ratio in normal mode, and output the output clock of the phase-locked loop circuit; and a second division unit configured to receive the output clock of the phase-locked loop circuit from the first division unit, and generate the feedback clock by dividing the output clock at a third division ratio, wherein the output clock of the phase-locked loop circuit is a multiplication of the frequency of the input clock and the third division ratio of the second division unit. | 47,483 |
9,556,084 | 1. A process for producing an alkylaromatic compound, the process comprising: (a) introducing an input stream comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon, and an alkylating agent comprising an alkene into a preliminary alkylation system comprising a preliminary alkylation catalyst having a first SiO (b) operating said preliminary alkylation system under alkylation conditions to produce said alkylaromatic compound, said conditions being such that said aromatic hydrocarbon is at least partly in the liquid phase; (c) withdrawing from said preliminary alkylation system a first output stream comprising said alkylaromatic compound and unreacted aromatic hydrocarbon and about 100 ppb or less of catalyst poisons, wherein the amount of catalyst poisons in the first output stream is at least 10% less than the amount of catalyst poisons in the input stream, wherein the catalyst poisons are nitrogen containing impurities; (d) introducing at least part of said first output stream and an alkylating agent into a first alkylation system comprising a first alkylation catalyst having a second Si02/Al203 ratio, said first alkylation catalyst is a molecular sieve; and wherein the preliminary alkylation catalyst and the first alkylation catalyst are different in that the preliminary alkylation catalyst has a Si02/Al203 ratio that is at least 25% lower than the first alkylation catalyst; (e) operating said first alkylation system under alkylation conditions to produce said alkylaromatic compound, said conditions being such that said aromatic hydrocarbon is at least partly in the liquid phase; (f) withdrawing from said first alkylation system a second output stream comprising said alkylaromatic compound. | 41,710 |
9,190,994 | 1. A radio frequency (RF) switch branch having a reduced nonlinearity, said RF switch branch comprising: a primary transistor; a first transistor having power terminals electrically connected between a drain node and a body node of said primary transistor; a second transistor having power terminals electrically connected between said body node and a source node of said primary transistor; wherein one of said power terminals of said first transistor and one of said power terminals of said second transistor are coupled to ground through a body resistor of said primary transistor; wherein a ratio between a body node-to-ground impedance of said primary transistor and either a drain-to-body impedance of said primary transistor or a source-to-body impedance of said primary transistor increases without increasing said body node-to-ground impedance when said primary transistor is ON. | 16,498 |
8,523,924 | 1. Lighting device for generating colored and white light, comprising: at least one light source emitting blue or ultraviolet light, a color conversion unit for converting said blue or ultraviolet light into visible light comprising at least two sections, at least one section of which being a color converting section, said color conversion unit being arranged for alternately illuminating said at least two sections with said blue or ultraviolet light, said at least one color converting section containing luminescent material, wherein said luminescent material is a crystalline inorganic luminescent material formed into a ceramic body, and wherein said luminescent material avoids beam deflection of light incident on the luminescent material and is substantially non-scattering, and wherein said inorganic luminescent material exhibits a density of more than 97% of its theoretical density as a single crystal material. | 16,802 |
9,376,155 | 1. An electric balance vehicle, comprising: a top cover comprising a first top cover and a second top cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other; a bottom cover fixed to the top cover, the bottom cover comprising a first bottom cover and a second bottom cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other; an inner cover fixed between the top cover and the bottom cover, the inner cover comprising a first inner cover and a second inner cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other; a rotating mechanism fixed between the first inner cover and the second inner cover; two wheels rotatably fixed at two sides of the inner cover, respectively; two hub motors fixed in the two wheels, respectively; a plurality of sensors disposed between the bottom cover and the inner cover; a power supply fixed between the first bottom cover and the first inner cover; and a controller fixed between the second bottom cover and the second inner cover, wherein the controller is electrically connected with the plurality of sensors, the power supply, and the hub motors, and the controller controls the hub motors to drive the corresponding wheels to rotate according to sensing signals transmitted by the sensors. | 15,937 |
9,496,497 | 1. A method for forming a pattern array, the method comprising: forming a first hydrophobic thin film on a substrate; removing a portion of the first hydrophobic thin film to form a first hydrophilic region and a first hydrophobic region; coating a first organic solution onto the surface of the substrate including on the first hydrophilic region and the first hydrophobic region, and selectively wetting the first hydrophilic region with the first organic solution without wetting the first hydrophobic thin film in the first hydrophobic region; drying the first organic solution to form a first organic thin film pattern in the first hydrophilic region without etching, wherein the first organic thin film pattern has a hemispherical shape; forming a second hydrophobic thin film on the first organic thin film pattern, the second hydrophobic thin film covering side surfaces and a top surface of the first organic thin film pattern; removing a portion of the second hydrophobic thin film to form a second hydrophilic region and a second hydrophobic region; coating a second organic solution onto the surface of the substrate including on the second hydrophilic region and on the second hydrophobic region, and selectively wetting the second hydrophilic region with the second organic solution without wetting the second hydrophobic thin film in the second hydrophobic region; and drying the second organic solution to form a second organic thin film pattern, wherein the second organic thin film pattern has a hemispherical shape, wherein the first hydrophobic thin film is dissolved and removed when forming the second hydrophobic thin film. | 27,513 |
9,347,529 | 1. A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle, comprising: an input shaft and an output shaft; a first planetary gear device, a second planetary gear device, a third planetary gear device, and a fourth planetary gear device provided between the input shaft and the output shaft to transfer a torque and each of the first to fourth planetary gear devices including three rotating elements; and six shifting elements, wherein each of the six shifting elements is selectively engaged with at least one of the rotating elements of the first to fourth planetary gear devices, wherein a first rotating element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a third rotating element of the second planetary gear device and is selectively engaged with one of the six shifting elements, a second rotating element of the first planetary gear device is continuously connected to a third rotating element of the third planetary gear device, and a third rotating element of the first planetary gear device is selectively engaged with another one of the six shifting elements, a first rotating element of the second planetary gear device is selectively connected to a second rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device, a second rotating element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to the input shaft and is selectively connected to a first rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device, and the third rotating element of the second planetary gear device is continuously connected to a first rotating element of the third planetary gear device, each of the first and second rotating elements of the third planetary gear device is selectively connected to the first rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device and the third rotating element of the third planetary gear device is continuously connected to the second rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device, and a third rotating element of the fourth planetary gear device is continuously connected to the output shaft. | 32,380 |
9,811,882 | 1. An image processing method, comprising: dividing an input video into a plurality of intervals; determining a preprocessing filter and a postprocessing filter based on frames of the input video included in a reference interval of the plurality of intervals; performing filtering on the frames based on the preprocessing filter; reconstructing a signal of each of the frames on which the filtering is performed; performing filtering on the frames using the postprocessing filter; and outputting an output video comprising the filtered frames, wherein each of the frames comprises the reconstructed signal, wherein the determining of the preprocessing filter and the postprocessing filter comprises: wherein a strength of the contrast filter is adjusted based on a difference between the contrast information and the contrast threshold. | 21,813 |
9,516,338 | 1. A picture coding and decoding system which includes a picture coding apparatus that codes a current block included in a current picture to be coded and a picture decoding apparatus that decodes coded data of a current block included in a current picture to be decoded, wherein the picture coding apparatus includes: a referring unit: a selecting unit: a coding unit operable to predictive-code the current block by referring to the first reference picture and the second reference picture, wherein the picture decoding apparatus includes: a referring unit: a selecting unit: a decoding unit operable to decode the current block by referring to the first reference picture and the second reference picture. | 48,250 |
9,259,812 | 1. A bushing for use in a pin assembly that includes a swinging housing and a stationary housing, said bushing comprising: a first end portion; a second end portion; and a central portion extending between said first and second end portions and comprising a plurality of flexible fingers, each of said flexible fingers comprises a retention feature configured to engage one of the swinging housing and the stationary housing in a snap-fit configuration. | 7,421 |
9,787,885 | 1. A security light having a built-in digital data device powered by power source that continuously supplies power to the digital data device, said security light including a light device which can install preferred light source at least one Bulb, PAR38, CFL or LED and at least one of motion sensor(s), wherein: said digital data device includes at least one camera having means for capturing images, data, or sound at a desired shooting angle, distance, resolution, color, brightness, and sharpness, and at least one storing assembly for storing the images, data, or sound into a memory or storage unit for download or transmission of the images, data, or sound by communication assembly or transmitter to at least one of a communication device, computer device, phone, receiver device, and display device, or for display or replay or reply or answer of the images, data, or sound by the digital data device itself; said light device includes a housing and means for emitting visible light beams, and while motion sensor be trigger by moving subjects said light device with power from said power source by circuitry including at least one of a controller, switch, sensor, conductors, integrated circuit, remote controller, and wireless communication system; and said security light is one of a battery-powered light device, an AC-powered hanging light device, an AC-powered plug-in light device, and a security light having at least one of additional functions: (1) digital data storage into memory card and can display, replay, reply, (2) digital data download into communication device(s) by Bluetooth or communication system or other electric displayer or replay or reply, (3) the digital data can use wireless communication assembly or system to send out message, data, alert, words, emails, line, skype, what's APP, sound, image to variety of market communication devices including mobile phone, computer, monitor or have multiple-ways communication though wireless network, 3G or 4G or update wireless network, WIFI, Router to communicate with the said security light while incorporate with related software so can remote control camera angle, position, orientation and talking through security light unit, (4) the security light has more than one functions; and said security light device is connected with the power source by one of prongs, conductive wire, a conductive wire with a plug extending from the light device, a USB adaptor, a transformer device, and an inductor device for wireless charging inner power kits. | 15,130 |
8,932,731 | 1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising at least one compound of formula (1) and/or a compound of formula (2) wherein X is, identically or differently on each occurrence, N, P, As, Sb, P═, As═O, or Sb═O; Y is, identically or differently on each occurrence, O, S, C(R R R is, identically or differently on each occurrence, in the compound of formula (2), H, OH, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, CHO, NO R Ar is, identically or differently on each occurrence, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring system having 5-30 aromatic ring atoms optionally substituted by one or more non-aromatic radicals R L is an at least divalent straight-chain alkylene, alkylidene, alkyleneoxy, or thioalkyleneoxy group having up to 40 C atoms optionally substituted by one or more radicals R n is, identically or differently on each occurrence, 0, 1, or 2, wherein when n =0, a hydrogen or R p is 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, with the proviso that p is not greater than the maximum valency of L. | 5,019 |
9,129,623 | 1. A method for measuring noise of a magnetic head, the method comprising: setting a plurality of threshold values related to an amplitude of a test signal; applying a bias current or voltage to a read element of the magnetic head; applying an external time-changing transverse magnetic field to the magnetic head; amplifying an output signal from the read element to produce an amplified signal; filtering the amplified signal to produce a filtered signal; generating an enable signal for each threshold value in a predetermined time window by comparing the receptive threshold values with the amplitude of the filtered signal or the amplitude of the envelope of the filtered signal; measuring the cumulative time duration of each enable signal; making an amplitude-duration distribution according to the cumulative time durations and the threshold values; and calculating a plurality of parameters according to the amplitude-duration distribution and analyzing the parameters with a plurality of predetermined criteria to determine defects of the magnetic head. | 46,541 |
9,359,917 | 1. An integrated process for the gasification of heavy residue bottoms recovered from a slurry hydrocracking process to produce synthesis gas, the bottoms containing spent solid heterogeneous catalyst particles, the process comprising: a. introducing a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock into a slurry hydrocracking zone with a predetermined amount of hydrogen based on the carbon content of the feedstock and solid heterogeneous catalyst to produce a slurry hydrocracking zone effluent; b. conveying the slurry hydrocracking zone effluent to a separation zone to separate the slurry hydrocracking zone effluent into converted products and heavy residue bottoms containing spent catalyst; c. recovering the converted products; d. preparing a flowable slurry of the heavy residue bottoms and spent catalyst; e. passing the slurry of heavy residue bottoms and spent catalyst as a pressurized feed into a membrane wall gasification reactor with a predetermined amount of oxygen and steam based on the carbon content of the feed; f. subjecting the heavy residue bottoms to partial oxidation to produce hydrogen, carbon monoxide and a slag material; g. recovering the hydrogen and carbon monoxide from the reactor in the form of a hot raw synthesis gas; h. passing the hot raw synthesis gas to a steam generating heat exchanger to cool the hot raw synthesis gas and produce steam; i. recovering steam from the heat exchanger and introducing the steam into a turbine to produce electricity; j. recovering the cooled synthesis gas; and k. recovering excess slag material from the membrane wall gasification reactor and recycling the recovered material to the inlet of the membrane wall gasification reactor to increase the content of solid ash-forming materials in the membrane wall gasification reactor feedstock. | 13,924 |
8,448,573 | 1. A method of fuzing a precursor warhead and a follow-through warhead in a weapon, said method comprising: determining, using follow through warhead arming and validation logic, that a power signal provided from an electrical power supply located within said weapon to said follow through warhead arming and validation logic has a pre-determined amplitude and frequency; initiating a first follow through warhead timer when it has been determined that said power signal provided by said electrical power supply matches said pre-determined amplitude and frequency; determining, using pre-cursor warhead arming and validation logic, that a power signal provided from said electrical power supply to said pre-cursor warhead arming and validation logic has said pre-determined amplitude and frequency; initiating a first pre-cursor warhead timer when it has been determined that said power signal provided by said electrical power supply matches said pre-determined amplitude and frequency; determining, using said follow through warhead arming and validation logic, that said weapon has experienced a transition from no differential pressure to a pre-determined differential pressure; initiating a second follow through warhead timer when it has been determined that said weapon has experienced said transition from no differential pressure to said pre-determined differential pressure; determining, using said pre-cursor warhead arming and validation logic, that said weapon has experienced said transition from no differential pressure to said pre-determined differential pressure; initiating a second pre-cursor warhead timer when it has been determined that said weapon has experienced said transition from no differential pressure to said pre-determined differential pressure; rendering safe said follow through warhead by prohibiting conduction of power from said follow through warhead arming and validation logic to a follow through warhead fireset and explosive train by prohibiting conduction across a first plurality of electrical switches until; rendering safe said pre-cursor warhead by prohibiting conduction of power from said pre-cursor warhead arming and validation logic to a pre-cursor warhead fireset and explosive train by prohibiting conduction across a second plurality of electrical switches until; arming said follow through warhead by providing power to said follow through warhead fireset and explosive train by allowing conduction across said first plurality of electrical switches when: arming said pre-cursor warhead by providing power to said follow through warhead fireset and explosive train by allowing conduction across said second plurality of electrical switches when: initiating a third pre-cursor warhead timer when a trigger condition is sensed by a trigger sensor on said weapon, wherein said trigger sensor is selected from the group of trigger sensors consisting of accelerometers, g-switches, and crush switches; communicating a pre-cursor warhead fire signal to said pre-cursor warhead fireset and explosive train upon a first of: said trigger condition is sensed by said trigger sensor; and said third pre-cursor warhead timer is expired; initiating a third follow through warhead timer when said trigger condition is sensed by said trigger sensor; and communicating a follow-through warhead fire signal to said follow through warhead fireset and explosive train upon a first of: said third follow through warhead timer is expired; and said weapon has passed through a pre-determined number of layers after said trigger condition is sensed. | 23,292 |
8,663,464 | 1. An effluent treatment array utilizing enhanced membrane aeration for enhanced electrocoagulation treatment of effluent comprising: an ionized air/gas generator for establishing an ion rich air/gas stream; a membrane aerator receiving said air/gas stream and effluent to be treated and providing an outflowing ionized air/gas rich effluent feed stream having said ionized air/gas diffused thereinto; and an electrocoagulation processing assembly receiving said ionized air/gas rich effluent feed stream for electrocoagulation treatment thereof and having an output therefrom. | 35,783 |
8,865,259 | 1. An inline chemical vapor deposition method of fabricating a device, the method comprising: transporting a substrate having a metal layer and an absorber layer at a constant rate through a deposition chamber having a vacuum environment and a first deposition module, a second deposition module and a third deposition module, each of the deposition modules comprising at least one deposition station having a manifold comprising a first precursor port, a pair of second precursor ports and a pair of pumping ports, the first precursor port disposed between the second precursor ports and the pair of second precursor ports disposed between the pumping ports, the first precursor port and the pair of second precursor ports configured for coupling to a first precursor gas source and a second precursor gas source, respectively, the pumping ports configured to couple to a discharge system to exhaust a mixed flow of the first and second precursor gases; providing an upward flow of a first precursor gas from the first precursor port and an upward flow of a second precursor gas from the pair of second precursor ports of the first deposition module; changing the upward flows of the first and second precursor gases of the first deposition module to a mixed laminar flow of the first and second precursor gases along a surface of the substrate to form a buffer layer onto the substrate during the transport of the substrate through the first deposition module; after transport through the first deposition module, providing an upward flow of a first precursor gas from the first precursor port and an upward flow of a second precursor gas from the pair of second precursor ports of the second deposition module; changing the upward flows of the first and second precursor gases of the second deposition module to a mixed laminar flow of the first and second precursor gases along the surface of the substrate to form a window layer onto the buffer layer during the transport of the substrate through the second deposition module; after transport through the second deposition module, providing an upward flow of a first precursor gas from the first precursor port and an upward flow of a second precursor gas from the pair of second precursor ports of the third deposition module; and changing the upward flows of the first and second precursor gases of the third deposition module into a mixed laminar flow of the first and second precursor gases along the surface of the substrate to form a transparent conductive layer onto the window layer during the transport of the substrate through the third deposition module. | 9,403 |
8,870,581 | 1. A socket module of electrical connector, comprising: a first socket including a first terminal base and a first ground piece circumferencing the first terminal base; a second socket including a second terminal base and a second ground piece circumferencing the second terminal base, the second socket and the first socket arranged in a row; an electric conduction elastic piece disposed between the first ground piece and the second ground piece, and the electric conduction elastic piece contacting and electrically connecting the first ground piece and the second ground piece; and an insulating base providing a first accommodation space for accommodating the first socket and the electric conduction elastic piece, a second accommodation space for accommodating the second socket, and a connection port disposed between the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space, and the connection port connecting the first accommodation space and the second accommodation space, the electric conduction elastic piece electrically connecting the first ground piece and the second ground piece via the connection port. | 49,997 |
9,441,906 | 1. A device for launching and storing a spear, comprising: a barrel having a muzzle end and an action end, wherein the barrel is configured to slidably receive at least a portion of the spear through the muzzle end and the action end, such that a tip of the spear is positioned within the barrel and an end of the spear extends out of the barrel through the action end; and a handle extending at a non-zero angle to the barrel, wherein the handle comprises: | 9,957 |
9,371,799 | 1. A thrust-reverser assembly for a jet engine, wherein the thrust-reverser assembly defines a forward-thrust configuration and a reverse-thrust configuration, and further wherein the thrust-reverser assembly is in the reverse-thrust configuration, the assembly comprising: a bullnose fairing that defines a portion of a reverser duct; a thrust-reverser fluid flow through the reverser duct at an average thrust-reverser fluid flow speed of at least 100 m/s and less than 350 m/s, wherein the thrust-reverser fluid flow includes a boundary layer that is adjacent to the bullnose faring and has a boundary layer fluid flow; and an active flow-control device having a plurality of conduits extending through the bullnose fairing and into the boundary layer located to energize the boundary layer fluid flow such that the boundary layer resists separation from the bullnose fairing when the thrust-reverser fluid flow has the average thrust-reverser fluid flow speed of at least 100 m/s and less than 350 m/s. | 26,158 |
9,083,713 | 1. A method for providing mobility to Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) sessions in a mobile IP network, the method comprising: connecting to an Access Point Name (APN) through a 3GPP access; determining if a non-3GPP access is available; determining at least one of the following: if the APN is specific to an IMS application being used or desired to be used, or if an IP header of an IMS application flow matches a configured pattern; and performing one of the following: | 20,296 |
9,433,902 | 1. A method of desalinating seawater comprising: reducing a concentration of monovalent species in the seawater in a first desalting stage to produce partially desalted water; producing a brine solution from the seawater, the brine solution having a total dissolved solids concentration that is greater than the concentration of total dissolved solids in the seawater; introducing the partially desalted water into a first depleting compartment of an electrically-driven separation device; and introducing the brine solution into a second depleting compartment of the electrically-driven separation device, the second depleting compartment included in a concentration cell pair along with a half-cell concentration compartment, wherein introducing the brine solution into the second depleting compartment induces transportation of at least a portion of a dissolved species from the partially desalted water in the first depleting compartment into the half-cell concentration compartment of the concentration cell pair under the influence of a concentration-induced electrical potential developed in the concentration cell pair. | 32,653 |
9,233,100 | 1. A soft chewable veterinary composition for treating and/or preventing a parasitic infection or infestation in an animal comprising: a) wherein: A B W is O or S; R each R each R R R R each R each R each R each R R R R R Q each Q Q n is 0, 1 or 2; b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; | 44,391 |
8,624,652 | 1. A delay circuit, comprising: first delay circuitry configured to receive an input signal and generate an intermediate signal, the first delay circuitry including a first capacitor, first charging circuitry configured to charge and discharge the first capacitor in response to the input signal, and a first gate circuit having a first threshold voltage, the first delay circuitry contributing a first delay component of a total delay through the delay circuit; and second delay circuitry configured to receive the intermediate signal and generate an output signal, the second delay circuitry including a second capacitor, second charging circuitry configured to charge and discharge the second capacitor in response to the intermediate signal, and a second gate circuit having a second threshold voltage, the second delay circuitry contributing a second delay component of the total delay; wherein the first and second threshold voltages of the first and second gate circuits change in response to a temperature change or a supply voltage change such that a resulting change in the first delay component of the total delay is substantially offset by a resulting change in the second delay component of the total delay such that the total delay remains substantially constant. | 5,252 |
9,479,444 | 1. A system for managing traffic, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to, based on instructions stored in the memory, implement: | 35,174 |
9,379,576 | 1. An apparatus configured to couple to a motor-driven vehicle movable in relation to a ground on which the vehicle moves, the vehicle comprising a vehicle wheel attached to an axle, the apparatus comprising: a driving wheel configured to couple directly to the ground; a generator configured to generate electrical power based on a rotation of the driving wheel, wherein the vehicle wheel rotates upon a motion of the vehicle as consequence of a friction of the vehicle with the ground; a battery configured to store the generated electrical power; a control unit configured to transform the generated electrical power to a predetermined level used for charging the battery; and an attachment unit configured to attach at least the generator to the vehicle such that the generator is towed by the vehicle while being in contact with the ground, wherein the vehicle is configured, during operation, to provide an efficiency signal indicating a current engine efficiency of the motor-driven vehicle during the motion, wherein the control unit is further configured to receive the efficiency signal from the motor-driven vehicle and is configured to control the generator and/or the battery to generate and to store more electrical power if the efficiency signal indicates a higher efficiency and to generate and store less electrical power if the efficiency signal indicates a lower efficiency, and wherein the vehicle is configured to provide a stop signal indicating an activation of vehicle brakes, and wherein the control unit is further configured to receive the stop signal and to control the generator and/or the battery to increase the generation of electrical power upon the receipt of the stop signal. | 38,361 |
9,447,772 | 1. A wind turbine system, comprising: a wind driven doubly fed induction generator having a rotor and a stator, the stator providing AC power to a stator bus; a power converter coupled to the rotor of the doubly fed induction generator via a rotor bus, the power converter providing an output to a line bus, the power converter having an associated voltage threshold at the rotor bus; and a control system configured to identify a reduced wind speed at the doubly fed induction generator; wherein at the reduced wind speed, the control system is further configured to regulate the rotational speed of the rotor of the doubly fed induction generator based at least in part on data indicative of the rotor voltage to increase the power output of the doubly fed induction generator, the control system regulating the rotational speed of the rotor such that the rotor voltage does not exceed a voltage threshold associated with the power converter at the rotor bus. | 16,613 |
9,401,098 | 1. A portable electronic system for creating an electronic training journal using a portable electronic device, comprising: a display screen: a user input; a satellite positioning system receiver; an accelerometer; a wireless communication transceiver; a memory; and one or more processors configured to: | 44,302 |
9,521,220 | 1. A case for use with a portable electronic device, the case comprising: a base portion with side portions extending therefrom, the base portion and side portions forming a pocket configured to surround a back and sides of the portable electronic device, the base portion comprising a first material, wherein a majority of an exterior surface of the base portion is formed from the first material; and a second material generally being positioned at an interior of the pocket, the second material protruding through one or more apertures in the base portion and the first material forming the exterior surface thereof so that portions of the second material protrude from the interior of the pocket to the exterior surface of the base portion, and protrude outward past the first material forming the exterior surface of the base portion such that when the base portion of the case is placed on a support surface, the second material protruding through the one or more apertures contacts the support surface; wherein the second material has a higher coefficient of friction than the first material and is secured to the base portion, and wherein the second material protruding through the one or more apertures in the base portion extends away from the one or more apertures along both opposing surfaces of the first material forming the exterior surface of the base portion and the interior of the base portion to create interlock connections between the second material and the base portion that secure the second material to the base portion. | 6,225 |
9,134,836 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a planar display; and a touch panel that overlaps the display and is capable of detecting a two-dimensional coordinate along a surface of the display corresponding to a position of an indicator and a vertical distance between the touch panel and the indicator, wherein, when the vertical distance is within a predetermined range greater than zero, a pointer is capable of being output at the two-dimensional coordinate on the display, wherein a two-dimensional coordinate at which the pointer is to be output is capable of being stored, wherein a two-dimensional distance between the stored two-dimensional coordinate and a new two-dimensional coordinate is calculated, wherein when the calculated two-dimensional distance is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the pointer is output at the stored two-dimensional coordinate on the display, the predetermined value decreasing as the vertical distance decreases, and wherein, when the calculated two-dimensional distance is greater than the predetermined value, the pointer is output at the new two-dimensional coordinate on the display. | 5,203 |
8,505,821 | 1. A sensor, comprising: an optical machine-readable representation of data (OMRD) representing data related to the sensor, the OMRD being disposed on the sensor or packaged therewith; and an information element configured to store data, wherein operation of the sensor with a monitor is enabled upon determination of a correlation between data stored on the information element and the data represented by the OMRD. | 800 |
9,128,773 | 1. A method for correlating events in data processing resources processing a workload, comprising: starting, by one or more processors, a provider side monitoring gateway on a provider side data processing system in a first cloud, wherein the provider side monitoring gateway is located on a provider side of a firewall that separates the provider side from a consumer side of a hybrid cloud, and wherein the provider side monitoring gateway collects provider side monitored data from a provider processing monitoring agent associated with provider data processing resources; starting, by the one or more processors, a consumer side monitoring gateway on a consumer side data processing system in a second cloud, wherein the consumer side monitoring gateway is located on the consumer side of the firewall that separates the provider side from the consumer side of the hybrid cloud, and wherein the consumer side monitoring gateway provides the provider side monitored data from the provider side monitoring gateway to a consumer side monitoring infrastructure within the consumer side data processing system, and wherein the consumer side monitoring gateway collects consumer side monitored data from a consumer processing monitoring agent associated with consumer data processing resources; establishing, by the one or more processors, a secure connection through the firewall between the provider side monitoring gateway associated with the provider data processing resources and the consumer side monitoring gateway associated with the consumer data processing resources, wherein the secure connection through the firewall enables the consumer side monitoring gateway to pull the provider side monitored data corresponding to the provider processing resources from the provider side monitoring gateway and prevents the provider side monitoring gateway to push data through the firewall into the consumer side monitoring gateway to maintain security of the consumer data processing resources; pulling, by the one or more processors, the provider side monitored data from the provider side monitoring gateway into the consumer side monitoring gateway using the secure connection; pushing, by the one or more processors, the provider side monitored data pulled into the consumer side monitoring gateway and the consumer side monitored data to the consumer side monitoring infrastructure; detecting, by the one or more processors, an occurrence of an event that defines a pattern over a specified time period in the provider side monitored data associated with the provider side processing resources in the first cloud and the consumer side monitored data associated with the consumer side processing resources in the second cloud using the consumer side monitoring infrastructure of the consumer side processing resources; sending, by the one or more processors, the event as input to an event correlation and aggregation function that aggregates and correlates received events over periods of time; determining, by the one or more processors, that a series of received events has occurred indicating the consumer side processing resources and the provider side processing resources are in an overload or underutilization condition using the event correlation and aggregation function; responsive to the one or more processors determining that the series of received events has occurred, generating, by the one or more processors, an event based service request to modify a resource configuration of the hybrid cloud using a service desk ticketing function; sending, by the one or more processors, the event based service request to a workload manager that accesses the consumer side processing resources and the provider side processing resources to modify the resource configuration of the hybrid cloud to respond to the overload or underutilization condition; and generating, by the one or more processors, a service fulfillment response to the event based service request using the workload manager and sending the service fulfillment response to the service desk ticketing function. | 25,399 |
9,236,158 | 1. A slurry comprising: a sulfide solid electrolyte material; and a dispersion medium comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine; an ether; an ester having a functional group that contains 3 or more carbon atoms bonded with a carbon atom of the ester by a carbon-carbon bond and a functional group that contains 4 or more carbon atoms bonded with an oxygen atom of the ester; and an ester having a benzene ring bonded with a carbon atom of the ester by a carbon-carbon bond, wherein: the sulfide solid electrolyte material comprises a material composition including Li the ether is at least one selected from the group consisting of cyclopentyl methyl ether, dibutyl ether, and anisole. | 6,312 |
9,798,268 | 1. A toner cartridge, comprising: a housing having a front, a rear, a top and a bottom, the housing having a reservoir for holding toner; an outlet port on the front of the housing facing toward the bottom of the housing for exiting toner from the toner cartridge; and an engagement member having a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface, the first engagement surface is positioned proximate to the rear of the housing and positioned to receive an actuation force in a frontward direction relative to the housing at the rear of the housing from an actuation feature of an image forming device when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device, the second engagement surface is positioned proximate to the front of the housing, the engagement member is movable from a first position to a second position upon receiving the actuation force, wherein as the engagement member moves from the first position to the second position, the second engagement surface moves in the frontward direction relative to the housing and protrudes from the front of the housing directly below the outlet port with at least a portion of the second engagement surface unobstructed to push a shutter of a developer unit in the frontward direction relative to the housing when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device and mated with the developer unit. | 4,275 |
9,648,410 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a headphone earbud, comprising: | 14,399 |
8,571,536 | 1. A method of configuring one or more generic mobile phones, comprising: identifying a first plurality of embedded applications associated with both a first mobile phone brand and a second mobile phone brand; identifying a second plurality of embedded applications not associated with the first mobile phone brand and associated with the second mobile phone brand; installing the first plurality of embedded applications, the second plurality of embedded applications, and embedded logic in a first memory area of a plurality of generic mobile phones, wherein the embedded logic reads from a second memory area of the plurality of generic mobile phones to identify content to be enabled by the embedded logic, and wherein the second plurality of embedded applications is selectively identified based on at least one writeable parameter in the second memory area; receiving a first activation message from a first generic mobile phone of the plurality of generic mobile phones, wherein each of the plurality of generic mobile phones have a common firmware installed; in response to the first activation message, identifying the first mobile phone brand as being associated with the first generic mobile phone; based on the first mobile phone brand, activating the first generic mobile phone, wherein activating the first generic mobile phone includes writing over-the-air one or more first parameters to the second memory area of the first generic mobile phone, wherein the first plurality of embedded applications on the first generic mobile phone and a first content associated with the first mobile phone brand are selectively identified and enabled based on the one or more first parameters, wherein the first content is one of a first turn-on splash screen associated with the first mobile phone brand, a first turn-on tone associated with the first mobile phone brand, a first turn-off splash screen associated with the first mobile phone brand, a first turn-off tone associated with the first mobile phone brand, a reference to a first voice mail service associated with the first mobile phone brand, and a universal reference locator (URL) of an on-line store associated with the first mobile phone brand, and wherein the first generic mobile phone is differentiated in conformance with the first mobile phone brand; receiving a second activation message from a second generic mobile phone of the plurality of generic mobile phones; in response to the second activation message, identifying the second mobile phone brand as being associated with the second generic mobile phone; and based on the second mobile phone brand, activating the second generic mobile phone, wherein activating the first generic mobile phone includes writing over-the-air one or more second parameters to the second memory area of the second generic mobile phone, wherein the first plurality of embedded applications and the second plurality of applications on the second generic mobile phone and a second content associated with the second mobile phone brand are selectively identified and enabled based on the one or more second parameters, wherein the second content is one of a first turn-on splash screen associated with the second mobile phone brand, a first turn-on tone associated with the second mobile phone brand, a first turn-off splash screen associated with the second mobile phone brand, a first turn-off tone associated with the second mobile phone brand, a reference to a first voice mail service associated with the second mobile phone brand, and a universal reference locator (URL) of an on-line store associated with the second mobile phone brand, and wherein each of the plurality of generic mobile phones is associated with the same stock keeping unit (SKU) number. | 1,408 |
8,690,819 | 1. A catheter comprising: an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen therebetween; an ultrasound transmission member extending through the lumen and having a distal end; a head comprising a proximal end coupled to the distal end of the ultrasound transmission member; a guide wire tube coupled to the head and extending through at least a portion of the at least one lumen, the guide wire tube being coupled to the body at a location proximal to the proximal end of the head; and an anchor member disposed in the at least one lumen and being coupled to the elongated body and the head. | 48,079 |
8,979,122 | 1. A combustion chamber screen ( 10 ) for an inflator, comprising plural flow orifices ( 11 ) and bent segments, wherein the bent segments are arranged around a center (M) of the combustion chamber screen so that in the circumferential direction of the combustion chamber screen a waveform including plural wave peaks ( 12 ) and wave troughs ( 13 ) is formed, wherein the wave peaks ( 12 ) are ascending starting from the center (M) toward the circumferential edge (U) of the combustion chamber screen. | 33,784 |
9,608,532 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first input voltage terminal and a second input voltage terminal connected to ground; an output module comprising a first output voltage terminal and a second output voltage terminal, and an output-filter capacitor to be connected across said two output voltage terminals; a main switch to be disposed between said two input voltage terminals; a synchronous rectifier (“SR”) MOSFET included in a non-resonant DC-DC converter having a gate control terminal and a distal end to be connectable to the output module; a switch connector to connect the main switch with the SR MOSFET, said switch connector is selected from the group consisting of a) a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding and b) a pair of electrical leads; an SR turn-off signal generator to provide an SR turn-off signal to terminate conduction of the SR MOSFET at an appropriate time to make conduction time t of a body diode thereof in a subsequent switching cycle substantially equal to a selected fixed optimum period T a self-synchronized control circuit having an output to be connected to said gate control terminal, said self-synchronized control circuit to turn the SR MOSFET on and off, wherein said SR MOSFET turning off occurs responsive to receiving said SR turn-off signal outputted by said body diode conduction optimizer. | 36,950 |
8,715,387 | 1. A process for making silver powder particles, said process comprising: (a) preparing an acidic aqueous silver salt solution comprising a water soluble silver salt dissolved in deionized water; (b) preparing an acidic aqueous reducing and particle modifier solution comprising: (c) maintaining said acidic aqueous silver salt solution and said acidic reducing and particle modifier solution at the same temperature, wherein said temperature is in the range of 10° C. to 65° C., while stirring each said solution during and after preparation; (d) adding said acidic aqueous silver salt solution to said acidic aqueous reducing and particle modifier solution while stirring to make a reaction mixture and maintaining the temperature of said reaction mixture at said temperature of (c), wherein said silver powder particles precipitate and are contained within the resulting final aqueous solution; and (e) increasing the temperature of said final aqueous solution to a temperature in the range of 65° C. to 80° C. while continuing stirring; said silver powder particles comprising crystallites between 30 and 47 nm in size as determined by X-ray diffraction and the Scherrer formula; and said silver powder particles having d 50 in the range of 0.5 to 3.5 μm. | 15,725 |
9,401,519 | 1. A fuel cell system which supplies power to an external load with a storage cell and a fuel cell, the fuel cell system comprising: an oxidant feeder configured to supply an oxidant to the fuel cell; an oxidant passage which communicates with the fuel cell and along which the oxidant supplied from the oxidant feeder flows; a bypass passage which branches from the oxidant passage upstream with respect to the fuel cell and along which part of the oxidant supplied by the oxidant feeder flows so as to bypass the fuel cell; a bypass valve which is provided in the bypass passage and which is configured to adjust a quantity of flow of the oxidant flowing along the bypass passage; an oxidant quantity-of-flow control unit configured to supply, with the oxidant feeder, the quantity of flow of the oxidant corresponding to an amount of electricity required of the fuel cell; and an oxidant quantity-of-flow control unit for a sound vibration mode configured to supply, with the oxidant feeder, a constant quantity of flow of the oxidant, wherein a control device for the fuel cell system includes a bypass valve control unit configured to control the bypass valve according to a requirement of the fuel cell when the oxidant quantity-of-flow control unit for the sound vibration mode controls the oxidant feeder. | 13,365 |
9,698,626 | 1. A request control device connectable with a client device, comprising: a memory; and a hardware processor configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a first electric power control request for controlling electric power usage from the client device; generating a second electric power control request, which is different from the first electric power control request, at least using the first electric power control request; and sending the second electric power control request to the client device, wherein the memory is configured to store therein feature information related to a feature of electric power usage at the client device, and the processor is configured to calculate an electric power usage allowance in the client device and to generate the second electric power control request, using the feature information and the first electric power control request, so that a gain of an electric power consumer is maximized. | 2,730 |
8,623,925 | 1. A method for preparing a liquid fuel, the method comprising: supplying a first controlled volume of hydrocarbon to a heated area positioned within a reaction chamber, wherein the reaction chamber has a housing and the housing further has at least one solar window; supplying a second controlled volume of carbon dioxide to the heated area; at least partially opening or closing the solar window in response to a status of the heated area; forming carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the hydrocarbon and the carbon dioxide at the heated area; transporting a third controlled volume of the carbon monoxide to a reactor positioned within the reaction chamber; transporting a fourth controlled volume of the hydrogen to the reactor; selectively supplying a fifth controlled volume of additional hydrogen to the reactor; adjusting the controlled volumes to regulate a pressure in the reactor so as to achieve a predetermined object; and forming the liquid fuel from the hydrogen and the carbon monoxide in the reactor according to the predetermined object. | 18,099 |
9,743,798 | 1. A beverage brewer, comprising: (A) a cartridge configured for holding a disposable, single-use filter basket, the cartridge having an opening in a bottom portion; (B) a disposable single-use filter basket placed and disposed within the cartridge of the brewer, (1) the filter basket comprising (a) a frame made of a plastic, and comprising: a continuous, circular top rim that defines a top opening of the frame; a circular bottom; and a plurality of spaced apart ribs that extend from the top rim to a peripheral edge of the circular bottom, wherein the peripheral edge of the circular bottom, the plurality of ribs, and the top rim define a plurality of side openings, the frame having a generally cylindrical profile with a tapered shape; and (b) a flexible, liquid-permeable non-woven filter medium insert that has a same tapered profile as that of the frame, the non-woven filter medium insert inherently formed of random, interconnected fibers forming disordered inlet and outlet fluid passageways, the non-woven filter medium insert being separately formed from the same plastic as the frame, wherein the non-woven filter medium insert is sized such that the plastic of the frame, including the circular bottom peripheral edge, the plurality of ribs, and the top rim, is dispersed into and around the fibers of the non-woven filter medium insert along locations where the non-woven filter medium insert contacts the frame such that the circular bottom including the peripheral edge, the plurality of ribs, the circular top rim, and the non-woven filter medium insert comprise a unity structure, whereby the non-woven filter medium insert covers the plurality of side openings so as to define a beverage grounds receptacle area that is in communication with the top opening; (2) an amount of beverage grounds, prefilled and disposed within the filter basket, and (3) a cover attached and sealed across the top rim of the frame that covers the top opening of the frame to maintain the beverage grounds within the filter basket, the cover selected from the group consisting of a foil, foil laminate, metalized film, coated film or multilayer laminate EVOH film, polyethylene film, thermoplastic starch film, plastic film, and barrier plastic film, and laminates and composites thereof; and (C) an inlet probe configured to pierce the cover and to admit a heated liquid into the filter basket to interact with the beverage grounds and create a brewed beverage; wherein the brewed beverage flows through the non-woven filter medium insert covering the plurality of side openings and exits through the opening in the bottom portion of the cartridge. | 23,370 |
9,338,936 | 1. A workbench for manufacturing or checking electrical wiring harnesses having an assembly board on whose surface manufacturing or checking operations of the electrical wiring harnesses are performed by, at least, one technician, with the aid of documentation describing the electrical wiring harness being manufactured or checked, and at least one support table of said assembly board, comprising: a) one or more image projection devices on the assembly board; b) one or more optical sensors arranged on the assembly board to provide information about a position relative to the assembly board; c) one or more cameras arranged to capture gestures of the technician; d) a computer, connected to said image projection devices, to said optical sensors, to said cameras and to a repository of documentation related to the electrical wiring harness being manufactured or checked, provided with a set of computer programs adapted to provide, through the image projection devices images in 1:1 scale of templates of the electrical wiring harness being manufactured or checked projected onto the assembly board and, superimposed on the corresponding images of the templates, complementary images of aid requested by the technician, acting on virtual menus or buttons projected onto the assembly board; e1) a gesture recognition computer program adapted to identify the option of the virtual menu or button indicated by the technician from the information provided by said cameras; e2) an image management computer program adapted to perform scale transformation processes of the images contained in that repository so that the images can be projected on the assembly board in the scale required; e3) a computer program for calibrating the image projection devices adapted to perform said calibration processing the information detected by said position sensors on projections of pre-established patterns onto the assembly board; e4) a control computer program of the image projection devices adapted to manage and distribute the images sent to each of the corresponding image projection devices; e5) a documentation management computer program adapted to find in said repository the image that must be projected on the assembly board and send the image to the image management computer program. | 29,463 |
8,888,261 | 1. An image forming method, comprising: treating a surface of a recording medium with acid, an oxazoline group-containing polymer, and adipic acid dihydrazide; wherein the treating is treating the surface of the recording medium with a first pretreatment liquid containing the acid and the oxazoline group-containing polymer, and with a second pretreatment liquid containing the adipic acid dihydrazide, and wherein the method further comprises: ejecting an aqueous recording ink from a liquid ejecting device to form an image on the surface of the recording medium. | 21,630 |
8,726,777 | 1. A cutting wheel for cutting a liquid crystal panel, the cutting wheel comprising: a plurality of grooves disposed along a circular edge of the cutting wheel, wherein all of the grooves are U-shaped with no corners, each groove having a width and a maximum depth (d), the width including a width measured at and along the edge, wherein for each groove, the width measured at and along the edge is not equal to the maximum depth; and a plurality of cutting blades disposed between the U-shaped grooves along the edge, wherein the plurality of cutting blades is composed of a plurality of first cutting blades having a first cutting edge of a first length and a plurality of second cutting blades having a second cutting edge of a second length, wherein the first length does not equal the second length, the first cutting blades and the second cutting blades alternating with each other such that two of the first cutting blades are disposed between two successive ones of the second cutting blades; wherein the first and second cutting edges are substantially arcuate, the arcs thereof being centered at a center of the cutting wheel, wherein the first length of the first cutting edge of each of the first cutting blades is less than the width of each of the grooves measured at and along the edge, wherein a repeated pattern of the U-shaped grooves and the cutting blades have a predetermined period (p), and wherein the lengths of the cutting edges of the cutting blades and the widths of the grooves measured at and along the edge are determined according to the predetermined period (p). | 2,284 |
9,821,573 | 1. A direct thermal printing device, comprising: a supply path of thermal paper; a thermal print head arranged on said supply path to generate heat that causes a chemical reaction that forms a print image directly on a side of the thermal paper; a platen roller opposite to said thermal print head; a movable protection arrangement with at least one portion arranged between said print head and said supply path to protect the thermal paper, in particular to prevent a mechanical scraping by said print head; and a driving arrangement for driving in motion said protection arrangement, said protection arrangement being optionally movable with a speed equal to a forward or backward speed of the thermal paper along said supply path and/or equal to a peripheral speed of said platen roller. | 6,264 |
9,379,384 | 1. A method for producing a non-graphitizable carbon material, the method comprising: providing a raw material of a non-graphitizable carbon material; cross-linking the raw material to obtain a cross-linked product; infusibilizing the cross-linked product to obtain an infusibilized product; and baking the infusibilized product to obtain the non-graphitizable carbon material, wherein a treatment is performed on the cross-linked product or the infusibilized product, the treatment comprising applying a compressive force and shear force at the same time to particles in the cross-linked product or the infusibilized product. | 38,890 |
9,350,520 | 1. A method comprising: identifying, by use of a wireless communication device operating within a first Basic Service Set (BSS), a plurality of channels to be utilized for an operating bandwidth as specified by a communication protocol, in which the plurality of channels include a primary channel and at least one sub-channel; broadcasting a channel reservation signal, in accordance with the communication protocol, across each of the plurality of channels to reserve each of the plurality of channels for a predetermined period of time; and transmitting, from the wireless communication device and in accordance with the communication protocol, a broadcast or multicast frame following the channel reservation signal, in which the broadcast or multicast frame utilizes one or more of the plurality of channels, but in which the plurality of channels of the operating bandwidth are reserved for the transmitting of the broadcast or multicast frame as a result of the broadcasting of the channel reservation signal by the wireless communication device to recipient communication devices within wireless communication range of the wireless communication device, including recipient communication devices operating in a second BSS. | 36,672 |
9,645,825 | 1. A system, comprising: a processor configured to fetch instructions for execution; and an instruction cache configured to store instructions for execution, the instruction cache comprising: | 9,555 |
9,462,762 | 1. A drip irrigation system valve for placement directly onto soil, comprising: a valve chamber defining an interior space and having an open bottom in fluid communication with the soil onto which it is placed; a water inlet in fluid communication with said interior space and having a valve seat disposed on an interior end; a base stake connected to said valve chamber for insertion into soil; a platform for supporting an expandable member; said expandable member disposed on said platform within said interior space; a valve membrane disposed within said interior space above said expandable member so as to sandwich said expandable member between said valve membrane valve and said platform, said valve membrane having an upper side which acts upon said valve seat and confines water entering said valve chamber to a reservoir portion of said interior space above said valve membrane; and a valve seal disposed on said upper side of said valve membrane immediately above said expandable member for sealing engagement with said valve seat when said expandable member is wetted and in an expanded state, thereby preventing water from entering into said interior space. | 5,342 |
9,311,988 | 1. A storage control system comprising: a first storage unit that enables to read and write data in a specified data length unit; a second storage unit that reads any piece of the data in the specified data length unit from the first storage unit and stores the data; a third storage unit that extracts and stores a part of the data stored in the second storage unit as partial data; and a processor that performs a process including: changing the size of the deletable range includes changing a size of the deletable range for each function in accordance with a cache hit rate in each of Least Recently Used positions, measured in units of the functions determined by a user. | 2,355 |
9,433,276 | 1. A cosmetic container for housing a cosmetic product applicator comprising: a tubular housing within which a cosmetic product applicator can be inserted; and a platform positioned within the tubular housing, the platform being movable along the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the platform comprises an interlock arrangement adapted to releasably engage an interface section of a cosmetic product applicator, and wherein the interlock arrangement is adapted to deform the interface section of a cosmetic product applicator so as to move the interface section between a locked configuration, in which the cosmetic product applicator is secured to the platform to prevent its removal from the cosmetic container, and a release configuration, in which the cosmetic product applicator is releasable from the platform so as to permit its removal from the cosmetic container, wherein the tubular housing and the interlock arrangement are adapted to cooperate to deform an interface section of a cosmetic product applicator in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular housing, wherein the interface section of a cosmetic product applicator is adapted to be deformed so as to move between the locked configuration and the release configuration by movement of at least part of the tubular housing relative to the platform along the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the tubular housing comprises first and second portions, and wherein the interface section of a cosmetic product applicator is adapted to be deformed so as to move between the locked configuration and the release configuration by movement of the first portion of the tubular housing relative to the second portion of the tubular housing along the longitudinal axis of the housing. | 18,644 |
8,519,503 | 1. A photodiode array having a front side and a back side separated by a layer of silicon and a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge, comprising: a. a plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from a surface of said front side of the photodiode array wherein each of said metallic cathode pads is in physical contact with at least one n+ doped region; b. a plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from a surface of said back side of the photodiode array wherein each of said metallic cathode pads is in physical contact with a second n+ doped region; c. a metallic grid on the front side of said array, wherein said metallic grid forms a plurality of rows in parallel to said top edge and bottom edge and perpendicular to said right edge and left edge, wherein said metallic grid forms a plurality of columns in parallel to said right edge and left edge and perpendicular to said top edge and bottom edge, and wherein said metallic grid interconnects each of said plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from the surface of said front side of the photodiode array; and d. a metallic grid on the back side of said array, wherein said metallic grid forms a plurality of rows in parallel to said top edge and bottom edge and perpendicular to said right edge and left edge, wherein said metallic grid forms a plurality of columns in parallel to said right edge and left edge and perpendicular to said top edge and bottom edge, and wherein said metallic grid interconnects each of said plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from said surface of the back side of the photodiode array. | 35,087 |
9,296,676 | 1. A process for the purification of acrolein by selective removal of propanal from an acrolein-rich stream, said process comprising the step of passing said stream in gas phase in the presence of oxygen through a molybdenum-containing catalyst comprising at least molybdenum and at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, W, Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, In, Tl, Sn, Ag, As, Ge, B, Bi, La, Ba, Sb, Te, Ce, and Pb, wherein the concentration of acrolein ranges from 1 to 12 mole % in the gas stream passed through the catalyst and, whereby said propanal is more converted than acrolein on the catalyst, said propanal is not converted to propionic acid in an amount higher than 50%, and, after purification, the amount of propanal in said acrolein-rich stream is lower than 5000 ppm. | 36,362 |
8,645,159 | 1. A method comprising: providing a platform with a database that includes identifying data of patient debtors, wherein the patient debtors are patients who have been financially delinquent in at least one healthcare transaction with at least one of a plurality of healthcare providers, wherein each healthcare provider is independent of each other healthcare provider of the plurality of healthcare providers, wherein the identifying data includes patient identification data and financial data of the at least one healthcare transaction; receiving at least one fee from a subscriber and, in response, enabling the subscriber to electronically access the platform, wherein the subscriber is a healthcare provider of the plurality of healthcare providers; providing the identifying data of at least one patient debtor to the subscriber via the platform; receiving at the platform new identifying data of at least one patient debtor from a contributing subscriber of the plurality of healthcare providers, wherein the new identifying data of the at least one patient debtor is identifying data of at least one of a new patient debtor and a new healthcare transaction of an existing patient debtor corresponding to at least one healthcare transaction with the contributing subscriber; automatically applying a discount to the at least one fee of the contributing subscriber in response to the receiving of the new identifying data; and automatically crediting an account of a first healthcare provider of the plurality of healthcare providers in response to receiving payment from a patient debtor, wherein the payment is received at any of the plurality of healthcare providers and corresponds to a healthcare transaction in which the patent debtor received treatment from the first healthcare provider and for which the patient debtor is financially delinquent. | 16,505 |
9,334,507 | 1. A process for the bioconversion of substrate to bioproduct comprising butanol with a biocatalyst comprising microorganisms capable of bioconverting said substrate to butanol, said process comprising: a. contacting said substrate with said biocatalyst under metabolic conditions for a time sufficient to bioconvert at least a portion of said substrate to butanol, and b. recovering butanol, wherein said biocatalyst comprises microorganisms substantially irreversibly retained in a solid structure, said a solid structure being composed of hydrated hydrophilic polymer defining an interior structure having a plurality of interconnected major cavities having a smallest dimension of between about 5 and 100 microns and a Hydration Expansion Volume (HEV), which is calculated in volume percent, of about 1000 or more wherein said microorganisms have a population in the interior structure of about 60 grams per liter or more based upon the volume defined by the exterior of the solid structure when fully hydrated, wherein the microorganisms maintain their population substantially stable. | 41,533 |
8,853,226 | 1. A method of treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) comprising administering to a human a compound of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: A A U is N; V is C—(CH W is C—(CH X is C—(CH Y is C—(CH Z is C—(CH R R wherein | 26,355 |
9,738,200 | 1. A pneumatic agricultural product conveying system, comprising: at least one product supply chamber; a pneumatic source; a plenum configured to receive air flow from the pneumatic source and having a plurality of outlets; a plurality of distribution lines extending from the plenum outlets for applying air entrained product to an agricultural field; a metering device for supplying product from the supply chamber to the distribution lines; a refilling system including an elongated conduit having an inlet near one end for receiving product from a supply source and an outlet near the other end for conveying product to the chamber to replenish the product supply in the chamber; an air flow source comprising a diverter; and a venturi box having an inlet and at least one venturi coupled to the air flow source, an inlet for receiving product from the supply source, and an outlet coupled to the conduit one end for providing product from the supply source entrained within air flow from the pneumatic source, wherein the diverter is configured to direct air flow toward the venturi box. | 17,397 |
9,115,284 | 1. An asphalt mix with a high content of recycled bituminous materials to be used for making a course for a pavement to be applied in a geographical area, said mix comprising (i) a granular mixture comprising recycled bituminous materials consisting of aggregates and aged binder(s), and (ii) an added binder characterized in that said aged binder(s) represent(s) at least 18% by weight of the total weight of the mixture of aged binder(s) and added binder, and in that said asphalt mix comprises glycerol. | 47,770 |
8,648,743 | 1. A method for producing a computed distribution of speeds of scatterers in a target volume, the method being run on a processor, comprising: a) providing an estimate distribution of speeds at which scatterers would move in said target volume, b) converting said estimate distribution to a candidate autocorrelation function, hereinafter candidate ACF, that represents autocorrelation data points that a pulse radar would measure by remotely sensing said target volume if the distribution of speeds of scatterers within the target volume would equal said estimate distribution, c) measuring the fit of said candidate ACF to a measured ACF that comprises data points that a pulse radar measured by remotely sensing an actual target volume where actual scatterers had an actual distribution of speeds, d) making a decision that involves d1) accepting the estimate distribution if the fit measured at c) fulfils a predefined acceptance criterion, or d2) modifying the estimate distribution, and repeating steps b) to d) until the decision at step d) involves d1), and e) outputting the accepted estimate distribution as a computed distribution of speeds that describes said actual distribution of speeds. | 8,260 |
8,954,118 | 1. A portable information terminal having a used and an unused state, the unused state corresponding to a power saving mode which stops display, the portable information terminal comprising: a wireless communication module configured to search for an access point at least when the portable information terminal is in the unused state; and a processor configured to, when the access point is detected at least when the portable information terminal is in the unused state, connect to the access point and perform a data communication process based at least in part on a comparison between an application program identifier stored in the portable information terminal and an application program identifier received via the connected-to access point, wherein the processor is further configured to execute application programs, a receiver is configured to receive, from each application program, an instruction for a process of transmission or reception of data which is performed with another information terminal via a network, the wireless communication module automatically searches for the access point at least when the portable information terminal is in the unused state, and the processor automatically performs transmission or reception of the data via the access point at least when the portable information terminal is in the unused state. | 10,319 |
8,417,842 | 1. A method of managing direct memory access (DMA) resources in a system that provides plural DMA engines, the method comprising: associating context information, including DMA parameters, with each of plural virtual DMA channels, the virtual DMA channels more numerous than the plural DMA engines; for at least a current subset of less than all the virtual DMA channels, caching the associated context information with respective ones of the plural DMA engines; and switching amongst the plural DMA engines, and therefore amongst respective ones of the current subset of virtual DMA channels, without latency associated with saving or restoring context information. | 4,228 |
8,989,911 | 1. A power consumption management system for managing power consumption of one or more structures as management targets, comprising: a power supply manager that manages power supply to each of the structures; and a plurality of power consumption managers each placed for each of the structures in order to manage the power consumption regarding a load of equipment of each of the structures, the one or more power consumption managers connected to the power supply manager through a network, wherein the power supply manager comprises: each of the plurality of power consumption managers comprises: | 37,846 |
9,024,233 | 1. A method of cleaning a side edge of a thin film photovoltaic substrate, wherein the substrate defines a face surface terminating at a first side edge, and wherein a thin film is present on the face surface and the first side edge of the substrate, the method comprising: transporting the substrate in a machine direction to move the substrate past a first laser source; and, focusing a first laser beam generated by the first laser source onto the first side edge of the substrate such that the first laser beam removes the thin film present on the first side edge of the substrate, while the thin film layer on the face surface of the substrate is substantially unaffected by the first laser beam focused onto the first side edge of the substrate. | 47,780 |
8,370,570 | 1. A storage system, comprising: a first storage apparatus that includes a first semiconductor memory and a first memory controller configured to control access requests to the first semiconductor memory; a second storage apparatus that includes a second semiconductor memory and a second memory controller configured to control access requests to the second semiconductor memory; a storage controller that manages a storage area of the first storage apparatus as a first logical storage area, and divides a storage area of the second storage apparatus into a plurality of logical storage areas including a second logical storage area and a third logical storage area; and an expander that is coupled to the first and second storage apparatuses and the storage controller, and wherein the first storage apparatus comprises a first plurality of ports including a first port and a second port that are coupled to the expander, the first and second ports being configured as a first link that corresponds to the first logical storage area of the first storage apparatus, wherein the second storage apparatus comprises a second plurality of ports including a third port and a fourth port that are coupled to the expander, the third port being configured as a second link that corresponds to the second logical storage area of the second storage apparatus, and the fourth port being configured as a third link that corresponds to the third logical storage area of the second storage apparatus, and wherein the expander is configured to transfer a first access request from the storage controller to the first logical storage area via the first link, a second access request from the storage controller to the second logical storage area via the second link, and a third access request from the storage controller to the third logical storage area via the third link. | 4,499 |
8,547,180 | 1. A package configured to accommodate a piezoelectric element, the package comprising a guide part having a plurality of spaces into which a plurality of electrodes of said piezoelectric element is inserted, respectively, the plurality of spaces of said guide part being separated from each other, wherein each of said plurality of spaces is defined by an elongated cavity longitudinally extending in a wall of the package inwardly from an opening formed at an inner surface of the wall of the package, wherein a through hole is provided on an upper surface of each of said plurality of spaces so that an electrically conductive adhesive is filled into each of said plurality of spaces through the through hole. | 48,300 |
8,539,249 | 1. A security authentication system, comprising: a user terminal, configured to acquire biometric information of a user and send the biometric information and a biometric certificate of the user to a biometric authentication subsystem, wherein the biometric certificate contains a biometric template of the user or a storage address of the biometric template of the user; and the user terminal is further configured to send a privilege attribute of the user to a privilege authentication subsystem to declare a privilege of the user; the biometric authentication subsystem, configured to authenticate the biometric certificate and match the biometric information of the user with the biometric template in accordance with one or more biometric recognition parameters to generate an identity authentication result; the privilege authentication subsystem, configured to provide an attribute parameter in accordance with the privilege attribute of the user, wherein the attribute parameter corresponds to the privilege attribute sent from the user terminal; and a storage device, configured to store a biometric algorithm certificate directory, wherein the biometric algorithm certificate directory contains the biometric recognition parameters required for the matching between the biometric information of the user and the biometric template, and wherein the biometric recognition parameters correspond to the attribute parameter of the user and a biometric recognition algorithm. | 11,682 |
9,583,893 | 1. A sink device, comprising: a port comprising a profile to engage with a flat connector including a power contact and a reference contact, wherein the port is engageable with the flat connector in any of plural orientations of the flat connector, wherein the port has a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts to: a polarity control circuit connected to the port to apply polarity processing to signals corresponding to the power and reference contacts to produce output power signals at a target polarity regardless of an orientation of the flat connector when connected to the port; and a switching circuit to apply polarity processing to signals corresponding to the data contacts to produce output data signals at a target data polarity regardless of the orientation of the flat connector when connected to the port. | 26,190 |
9,358,332 | 1. A fluid handling cassette for use with a fluid handling system of a medical infusion device, the cassette comprising: a generally planar body having at least one pump chamber formed as a depression in a first side of the body and a plurality of flowpaths for a fluid that includes a channel, the at least one pump chamber including a plurality of spacer elements having ends that extend from a flat bottom inner wall of the depression, at least some of the spacer elements varying in height; a patient line port arranged for connection to a patient line, the patient line port being in fluid communication with the at least one pump chamber via at least a first one of said flowpaths; a drain line port arranged for connection to a drain line, the drain line port being in fluid communication with the at least one pump chamber via at least a second one of said flowpaths; and a flexible membrane attached to the first side of the body over the at least one pump chamber, a first portion of the flexible membrane over the at least one pump chamber being arranged to be movable for movement of the fluid in the at least one pump chamber, and second portions of the flexible membrane positioned over respective valves and movable to open and close the respective valves; wherein said first portion of the flexible membrane has a shape arranged to conform to a usable area of a corresponding pump chamber while at rest and without being stressed, the usable area of the corresponding pump chamber being defined in part by the plurality of spacer elements. | 23,180 |
9,620,819 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising: i) a non-aqueous organic solvent consisting of a carbonate-based solvent; ii) lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI); and iii) an additive comprising a vinylene carbonate-based compound and a sultone-based compound; wherein the carbonate-based solvent comprises propylene carbonate and at least one selected from the group consisting of butylene carbonate (BC), dimethyl carbonate (DMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), dipropyl carbonate (DPC), ethylmethyl carbonate (EMC), methylpropyl carbonate (MPC), ethylpropyl carbonate (EPC), and a mixture of two or more thereof, wherein the carbonate-based solvent does not comprise ethylene carbonate (EC), wherein a concentration of the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide in the non-aqueous electrolyte solution is in a range of 0.6 mol/l to 1.5 mole/l, and wherein an amount of the propylene carbonate is in a range of 5 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the non-aqueous organic solvent. | 23,171 |
9,543,493 | 1. A thermoelectric semiconducting assembly comprising: a first plate and a second plate, said first plate and said second plate being parallel and being spaced apart, said first plate having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said second plate having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said interior surface of said first plate facing said interior surface of said second plate, said plates being fabricated from a glass material; a plurality of pellets fitted into said first plate, each said pellet comprising a body, a first cap, and a second cap, said body including a silicon material, said first cap and said second cap being fabricated from a different material than said first and second plate, said pellets fitted into said first plate such that said first cap of said pellet is oriented toward said exterior surface of said first plate and said second cap of said pellet is oriented toward said interior surface of said first plate and protrudes from said interior surface of said first plate; and a plurality of pellets fitted into said second plate, each said pellet comprising a body, a first cap, and a second cap, said body including a silicon material, said first cap and said second cap being fabricated from a different material than said first and second plate, said pellets fitted into said second plate such that said first cap of said pellet is oriented toward said exterior surface of said second plate and said second cap of said pellet is oriented toward said interior surface of said second plate and protrudes from said interior surface of said second plate, each said pellet in said second plate being connected to a pellet in said first plate. | 17,037 |
9,504,703 | 1. A method for producing equol, comprising: adding psicose to a culture medium, wherein the culture medium comprises diadzein as a substrate for producing equol, and culturing an equol-producing microorganism in the culture medium, thereby producing equol. | 1,940 |
8,668,358 | 1. A light unit for use in a light string, comprising: a bulb having a light source with lead wires and a separator; a switch member; a pair of spring terminals; and a socket having an inner sidewall, two or more conductive terminals and adapted to receive the bulb and the switch member, wherein the switch member is adapted to cause the pair of spring terminals to contact one another to form an electrical short circuit across the pair of conductive terminals on the inner side wall of the socket and the light source when the bulb is completely or partially removed from the socket, and wherein the lead wires form an electrical connection across the conductive terminals, and the separator breaks contact between the pair of spring terminals when the bulb is seated in the socket and wherein the bulb and socket have a longitudinal center axis defining generally a center line between right and left portions of each, and wherein said separator is positioned off center of the center line, and wherein said spring terminals comprise a pair of first and second conductive bodies, the first conductive body extending from said conductive terminal to a point spaced from said inner side wall and said center line, the second conductive body extending from the other conductive terminal and extending across said center line to engage a portion of said first body, said separator being positioned to engage only one of said conductive terminals when said bulb is placed in the socket. | 28,784 |
9,588,707 | 1. A method for object storage in a networked storage environment, the method comprising the processes of: organizing a plurality of memory devices in a networked storage environment into a plurality of pods, each pod having a predetermined number of the memory devices; selecting a first pod in the plurality of pods as an active pod, wherein the active pod is in a read-write configuration such that all written data in the networked storage environment is written to the active pod and is replicated among all of the memory devices in the active pod; delegating a second pod in the plurality of pods as one of a set of deactivated pods, wherein each deactivated pod in the set of deactivated pods includes a designated memory storage device in a read-only configuration and a set of remainder memory storage devices in a deactivated state such that all read requests for objects contained in the deactivated pod are serviced by the designated memory storage device; and reclassifying, in response to an event, the second pod as the active pod and the first pod as one of the set of deactivated pods, wherein the number of remainder memory storage devices in a deactivated state is at least one and at most represented by the formula: where S is the number of the memory devices in the plurality of memory devices and R is a number of data replicas among all memory devices in a pod of the plurality of pods, and where S is greater than R. | 35,596 |
9,504,185 | 1. A loop heat pipe structure, comprising: a transport pipe having a first end and a second end, and internally defining a flow passage communicating with the first and the second end; an evaporator having a first chamber and a second chamber adjoining the first chamber, the first chamber and the second chamber having a common bottom comprising a bottom plate, and having a working fluid filled therein; the first chamber having a first coupling hole coupled with the first end of the transport pipe; and the second chamber having a second coupling hole coupled with the second end of the transport pipe; a first wick layer located substantially in the second chamber atop the bottom and extending minimally into the first chamber, the first chamber being generally wick-free; a second wick layer being located atop and covering the first wick layer; wherein the first wick layer has an effective capillary radius smaller and a thermal conductively higher than those of the second wick layer a plurality of grooves being provided under the first wick layer; and wherein the second wick layer does not extend beyond the first wick layer into the first chamber; a partition extending from a top of the evaporator to the second wick layer and separating the first chamber and the second chamber to form two distinct chambers wherein the only direct passage for the working fluid between the second chamber and the adjoining first chamber in the evaporator is through the wick layers; wherein the first coupling hole is an outlet to carry the working fluid away from the evaporator, and the second coupling hole is an inlet for returning the working fluid into the evaporator; and wherein the evaporator includes a cover and said bottom plate correspondingly closed to each other to define the first and the second chamber therebetween; the first and the second wick layer being provided on the bottom plate, and the grooves being selectively provided on any one of the first wick layer and the bottom plate of the evaporator. | 14,614 |
8,474,598 | 1. A device for the ordered composition of articles comprising: at least one infeed conveyor for loose, un-grouped articles; a discharge conveyor for feeding the articles grouped without containers on the discharge conveyor to a packaging unit; at least one grouping unit for seizing the loose, un-grouped articles from the infeed conveyor and for placing and feeding the articles on the discharge conveyor; a handling unit or at least one robot with an operating area respectively; and at least one magazine for support pads which is arranged in the operating area of the at least one grouping unit or robot respectively, such that at least one support pad is removable from the at least one magazine and placeable on the discharge conveyor and the articles can be grouped on the support pad by the handling unit or the at least one robot. | 21,959 |
9,151,623 | 1. A method for controlling an apparatus including one or more modules, comprising the steps of: receiving an interrupt signal; determining a type of the interrupt signal; and activating a first module in the apparatus based on the type of the interrupt signal to perform one or more functions, wherein the apparatus comprises an electrical device and a wireless charging device, and the electrical device and the wireless charging device share at least the first module. | 14,785 |
9,853,191 | 1. A light emitting device manufacturing method comprising: bonding an electrode of a light emitting element to a conductive member of a base; and electrodepositing, on a surface of the light emitting element, first wavelength conversion particles containing aluminum, second wavelength conversion particles having surfaces covered with covering material containing aluminum, and filling particles that contain aluminum, that have particle size smaller than particle sizes of both the first wavelength conversion particles and the second wavelength conversion particles, and that have aspect ratio smaller than aspect ratios of both the first wavelength conversion particles and the second wavelength conversion particles, to form a wavelength conversion layer in which the filling particles are disposed among the first wavelength conversion particles and the second wavelength conversion particles. | 12,161 |
9,809,085 | 1. An improved climate control, safety, and communications system for a vehicle having an interior passenger cabin, said system comprising: a. a detecting means comprising at least one temperature sensing mechanism for detecting the climate conditions for a vehicle as temperature data, and at least one occupant sensing mechanism for detecting the presence of at least one occupant inside the vehicle cabin as occupancy data, wherein said detecting means continuously transmits said temperature data and said occupancy data to a data collecting means; b. said data collecting means for monitoring and evaluating said temperature data for exceeding a temperature threshold and said occupancy data for exceeding an occupant threshold, and for implementing an action parameter to independently send a command to a controlling means, with said data collecting means comprising a CPU, a control connector, and a communication means for notifying an operator of the status of said temperature data and said occupancy data, with said communication means also for sending a notification to the operator, c. said controlling means for selectively controlling and adjusting the climate conditions inside the vehicle cabin, said controlling means comprising a plurality of relays, a cooling mechanism, and a heating mechanism, with one of the plurality of relays being a backup relay; and d. a charging means comprising at least two power sources for charging said system and for powering said system when the vehicle engine is turned off, with at least one of said power sources comprising a primary battery with an alternator, a secondary battery coupled to both said primary battery and said temperature sensing mechanism, and a backup battery coupled to said primary battery. | 44,331 |
9,016,982 | 1. A system for recirculating lock water, the system comprising: a sealable storage area located near a lock for receiving water of said lock, wherein said storage area is large enough to house said lock water with excess space between a maximum water level and the ceiling of said storage area; and at least one jet engine connected to said storage area to create a vacuum to withdraw said water from said lock into said storage area. | 23,637 |
8,627,634 | 1. A casement for a glass window or a glass door, comprising: an insulation material layer arrangement which is located between two wooden profile-members, the insulation material layer arrangement having: wherein the casement further includes spacers being arranged between the insulation material layer arrangement and the glass window or the glass door, wherein between the two wooden profile-members, there extends in a substantially perpendicular manner relative to the extension direction of the insulation material layer arrangement an additional lateral insulation layer, which is constructed for a high level of thermal insulation, the additional lateral insulation layer being arranged between the insulation material layer arrangement and the spacers. | 23,519 |
8,494,748 | 1. A method for controlling engine torque in a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising: generating torque from an engine with use of a control unit while switching from an electric vehicle mode to a hybrid electric vehicle mode; determining with use of the control unit whether an engine oil pressure reaches a predetermined level; in response to determining that the engine oil pressure is below a predetermined level, limiting an engine demand torque below a level at which system efficiency is maximized; and in response to determining the engine oil pressure has reached the predetermined level, controlling with use of the control unit the engine demand torque to a level at which the system efficiency is maximized, wherein determining whether the engine oil pressure has reached the predetermined level is determined by determining whether an intake cam is activated, and wherein determining whether the intake cam is activated includes: | 49,994 |
8,531,490 | 1. A display drive apparatus which drives a display panel in which a plurality of display pixels are arrayed, comprising: a first gradation signal generating circuit to which first gradation data with a first number of bits corresponding to display data are supplied, and which generates: (i) second gradation data with a second number of bits, which is less than the first number of bits, from the first gradation data, and (ii) third gradation data in which the second gradation data are eliminated from the first gradation data; a second gradation signal generating circuit which generates, from the second gradation data, fourth gradation data corresponding to a gradation different from a gradation of the second gradation data; and an output circuit which, in each frame period of display by the display panel, selectively outputs one of the second gradation data and the fourth gradation data to each of the display pixels of the display panel based on the third gradation data, so as to cause an intermediate gradation between the second gradation data and the fourth gradation data to be displayed on the display panel; wherein the output circuit includes a timing setting circuit which sets a number times of outputting the second gradation data and a number of times of outputting the fourth gradation data in a predetermined plurality of frame periods based on the third gradation data; wherein the timing setting circuit divides said plurality of display pixels of the display panel into a plurality of small display areas each formed from a predetermined number of the display pixels adjacent to one another, and sets a pair of first small display areas facing each other diagonally and a pair of second small display areas facing each other diagonally, in the plurality of small display areas; and wherein the timing setting circuit sets all of the predetermined number of display pixels in each of the pair of first small display areas to be a gradation corresponding to one of the second gradation data and the fourth gradation data, and sets, in each of the pair of second small display areas, one of adjacent display pixels in the predetermined number of display pixels to be a gradation corresponding to the second gradation data, and the other of the adjacent display pixels to be a gradation corresponding to the fourth gradation data. | 4,329 |
9,365,784 | 1. A method of reducing oxygen requirement of a coal gasifier, comprising: dividing said coal gasifier into two zones—a second zone located downstream of a first zone; providing at least one injector for injecting coal in a first zone, the at least one injector for injecting coal coupled to a source of coal; providing at least one injector for injecting an oxidant in the first zone, the at least one injector for injecting the oxidant coupled to a source of the oxidant, said second zone located downstream of said first zone and relative to said first zone such that the oxidant injected during operation is substantially consumed within said first zone; providing at least one injector for injecting steam in the first zone, the at least one injector for injecting steam coupled to a source of steam, and configured separate and apart from the at least one injector for injecting coal, and wherein the at least one injector for injecting coal is not coupled to the source of steam; devolatilizing a substantial portion of coal in said first zone to produce volatiles and coal char and partially combusting volatiles to produce heat for devolatization of coal and at least partially gasifying char in the presence of steam; providing at least one injector coupled to a source of low-calorific-value, high oxygen-content (LCV HOC) feedstock for injecting a low-calorific-value, high oxygen-content (LCV HOC) feedstock in a second zone; providing at least one injector for injecting steam in the second zone, the at least one injector for injecting steam coupled to a source of steam, and configured separate and apart from the at least one injector for injecting the low-calorific-value, high oxygen-content (LCV HOC) feedstock, and wherein the at least one injector for injecting the low-calorific-value, high oxygen-content (LCV HOC) feedstock is not coupled to the source of steam; devolatilizing said low-calorific-value, high oxygen-content (LCV HOC) feedstock in said second zone to generate oxygen containing compounds from said low-calorific-value, high oxygen-content (LCV HOC) feedstock; and gasifying at least a portion of said coal char with said oxygen containing compounds and steam in the second zone. | 21,205 |
8,557,931 | 1. A slurry process for preparing an ethylene polymer comprising: a first polymerization stage comprising the step of: a second polymerization stage comprising the step of: wherein the first polymerization stage and the second polymerization stage are carried out (a) at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 120° C., and (b) the solid catalyst system comprises the product obtained by contacting: wherein the first molecular weight regulator concentration is different from the second molecular weight regulator concentration, and wherein the resulting ethylene polymer has a melt flow ratio F/P, according to ASTM 1238, of higher than 25. | 30,274 |
8,513,793 | 1. A stacked semiconductor package, comprising: an interconnection substrate; a plurality of semiconductor chips, a set of the semiconductor chips being stacked such that an extension region of a top surface of each semiconductor chip of the set extends beyond an end of a semiconductor chip stacked thereon to form a plurality of extension regions; a plurality of adhesive layers between the interconnection substrate and a lowermost semiconductor chip of the plurality of semiconductor chips and between each of the plurality of semiconductor chips; and a plurality of protection layers on a top surface of an uppermost semiconductor chip of the plurality of semiconductor chips and on the extension regions. | 26,242 |
9,565,158 | 1. A computer-implemented method for automatically configuring virtual private networks, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: establishing a secure connection between a client and a network by performing at least one of: broadcasting by the client on the network to discover a virtual private network server configured to manage virtual private networks, the virtual private network server being hidden from clients that establish unsecure connections to the network; discovering, by the client in response to the broadcast, the virtual private network server; establishing an additional secure connection between the client and the virtual private network server in response to the discovery, approval of the additional secure connection being based on the ability of the client to discover the virtual private network server that is hidden from clients that establish unsecure connections to the network; in response to establishing the additional secure connection between the client and the virtual private network server, receiving, by the client from the virtual private network server through the additional secure connection, configuration settings that enable the client to automatically connect to a virtual private network, the configuration settings specifying a virtual private network protocol and an internet accessible hostname that enables the client to establish the virtual private network with a destination server; and establishing, after establishing the additional secure connection between the client and the virtual private network server, a virtual private network connection between the client and the destination server using the received configuration settings specifying the virtual private network protocol and the internet accessible hostname. | 26,038 |
9,410,254 | 1. A hydrogen/oxygen (HHO) system comprising: a HHO generator comprising an electrolytic solution comprising an electrolyte and a first amount of distilled water, configured to electrically convert the first amount of distilled water into hydrogen and oxygen; a reservoir tank comprising a second amount of distilled water, in fluid communication with the HHO generator via a first single feed line, configured to compensate for a shortage in the first amount of distilled water inside the HHO generator; an inner Zeer pot filled with water, comprising an outer surface and a radiator inside the inner Zeer pot, configured to cool the HHO generator by the radiator's heat exchange and the inner Zeer pot's evaporative cooling of the electrolytic solution supplied to the radiator via a single coolant line, wherein the evaporative cooling comprises evaporation of the water inside the inner Zeer pot from the outer surface of the inner Zeer pot; an outer housing enclosing the inner Zeer pot such that an enclosed space exists between the outer housing and the inner Zeer pot; a fan in the outer housing above the inner Zeer pot, configured to blow air downward to promote the evaporation of the water inside the inner Zeer pot from the outer surface of the inner Zeer pot; a pump in fluid communication with the radiator, configured to pump the electrolytic solution from the HHO generator and from the radiator back to the HHO generator; and a demister installed downstream of the HHO generator, configured to remove steam from the generated hydrogen and oxygen; wherein the HHO generator is open to the environment in order to allow water vapor and the generated hydrogen and oxygen to exit the HHO generator. | 24,732 |
9,457,795 | 1. A control device of a vehicle, the vehicle including an engine, a first electric motor outputting a starting torque for starting the engine, a second electric motor coupled to wheels, and an electric storage device giving/receiving electric power to/from each of the first and second electric motors, the control device being configured to select a single motor running which is performed by only the second electric motor serving as a drive force source for driving the vehicle, a multiple motor running which is performed by the first electric motor and the second electric motor serving as drive sources for driving the vehicle and which enables generation of a drive force higher than a drive force generable by the single motor running, and an engine running which is performed by at least the engine serving as a drive force source for driving the vehicle and which enables generation of a drive force higher than the drive force generable by the single motor running, such that a level of, a charging capacity of the electric storage device in which the multiple motor running is selectable is higher than a level of the charging capacity in which the single motor running is selectable, during the single motor running performed with the charging capacity being equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the control device being configured, upon increase of the drive force requested by a driver of the vehicle, to select the multiple motor running when the charging capacity is equal to or greater than a second threshold value that is higher than the first threshold value, and to select the engine running when the charging capacity of the electric storage device is less than the second threshold value. | 39,116 |
9,061,286 | 1. A process of comminution of wood chips (C) having a grain direction to produce a mixture of wood particles (P), wherein the wood chips are characterized by an average length dimension (L C ) as measured substantially parallel to the grain, an average width dimension (W C ) as measured normal to L C and aligned cross grain, and an average height dimension (H C ) as measured normal to W C and L C , wherein W C >L C , and wherein the comminution process comprises the step of feeding the wood chips in a direction of travel substantially randomly to the grain direction through a counter rotating pair of intermeshing arrays of cutting discs (D) arrayed axially perpendicular to the direction of wood chip travel, wherein the cutting discs have a uniform thickness (T D ), and wherein at least one of L C , W C , and H C is less than T D . | 29,374 |
8,535,356 | 1. A plate system comprising: a plurality of screws, each of said plurality of screws having a shank and a screw head; a plate having a plurality of apertures defined by a plurality of internal walls, respectively, said plurality of apertures being adapted to receive said plurality of screws, respectively, said plate further comprising a plurality of screw head receiving areas associated with said plurality of apertures, respectively, for receiving at least a portion of said screw head after said screw is screwed into bone, said plate further comprising a plurality of detent surfaces associated with and extending into said plurality of screw head receiving areas, respectively; said at least a portion of said screw head comprising a plurality of compressible portions that are compressible when said screw is screwed into bone and expandable after it is received in at least one of said plurality of screw head receiving areas; said at least a portion of said screw head having or defining at least one screw surface that cooperates with at least one of said plurality of detent surfaces after said at least a portion of said screw head has been received in said plurality of screw head receiving areas to facilitate preventing said screw from withdrawing from said plate; a tool having a working end having an interior wall defining a working opening with said interior wall having a fixed shape without moveable parts and being adapted to compress said plurality of compressible portions to a compressed position when said plurality of compressible portions are received in said working opening; wherein said plurality of compressible portions cooperate, after being received in said working opening and compressed to said compressed position by said internal wall, to define a driving surface that can be rotatably driven by said internal wall in response to rotation of said tool in order to screw said screw into bone; said plurality of compressible portions being compressed by said internal wall when said screw is screwed into bone and thereafter expandable after said screw is screwed into bone and said tool removed from said screw head so that said at least one screw surface can cooperate with said at least one of said plurality of detent surfaces to retain said screw in said plate; said fixed shape generally complementing a shape of said driving surface. | 3,546 |
8,543,083 | 1. A method for locating and tracking a mobile locator device, comprising: receiving at a server computer current location data of a mobile locator device sent over a telecommunication network, the current location data corresponding to a current location of a mobile locator device; receiving at the server computer a request for information relating to the current location of the mobile locator device; and sending information relating to the current location data from the server computer in response to the request without providing information regarding the request to the mobile locator device. | 49,238 |
8,547,469 | 1. An electronic camera comprising: an imaging unit capturing a subject to generate an original image; a recording unit recording the original image; a derivative image generating unit reducing the image size of the original image recorded by the recording unit to generate a derivative image or derivative images in which the recording unit also records the derivative image or derivative images in association with the original image, the original image and the derivative image or derivative images each being a single image file independent from each other, a display unit displaying an image and information on the image, and sequentially displaying the original image and the derivative image or derivative images such that the original image and derivative image or derivative images are distinguishable from each other based on an order in which they are displayed, wherein the sequential display of the original image and the derivative image or derivative images comprises displaying the original image and the derivative image or derivative images overlapping one another in descending order of image size; a transfer setting unit indicating the derivative image or derivative images to be transferred; and a transfer unit transferring the indicated derivative image or derivative images recorded on the recording unit to an external transfer destination. | 21,130 |
8,985,597 | 1. An assembly comprising: a first and a second wall element, in which the wall elements are either movably connected to one another or are presently separate and can be transposed from a non-space-saving arrangement into a space-saving arrangement, the first wall element including first vertical reinforcement elements connected crosswise with first horizontal reinforcement elements, the second wall element including second vertical reinforcement elements connected crosswise with second horizontal reinforcement elements, each vertical reinforcement element is crosswise connected with at least two horizontal reinforcement elements and each horizontal reinforcement element is crosswise connected with at least two vertical reinforcement elements, the first vertical reinforcement elements form at least one first interspace therebetween, the at least one first interspace having a thickness defined by and equal to a thickness of a first cross section of one of the first vertical reinforcement elements, the first cross section being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the one of the first vertical reinforcement elements, the first horizontal reinforcement elements form at least one second interspace therebetween, the at least one second interspace having a thickness defined by and equal to a thickness of a second cross section of one of the first horizontal reinforcement elements, the second cross section being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the one of the first horizontal reinforcement elements, wherein, in the space-saving arrangement and within a common region, each of the second vertical reinforcement elements is at least partially disposed in the at least one first interspace and each of the second horizontal reinforcement elements is at least partially disposed in the at least one second interspace. | 20,954 |
8,394,875 | 1. A pneumatic tire having a base tread produced from a rubber composition for a base tread, comprising: a rubber component; a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein R zinc oxide; and carbon black having the nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 10 to 50 m wherein the amount of the compound represented by Formula (I) is 0.2 to 6 parts by mass and the amount of the zinc oxide is 1.0 part by mass or less, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. | 18,568 |
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